<p>what was this year’s acceptance rate?</p>
<p>35% 10 char</p>
<p>^ apparently 37.5%</p>
<p>Accepted
Revelle</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2070
[</em>]SAT II: Math II -770, Lit -710, Bio - 710
[<em>]ACT: 34
[</em>]GPA: 3.7 UW 4.2 W (I think)
[<em>]Rank: 20ish/450
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Stat- 4
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: 1 Good, 1 passable
[</em>]Teacher Recs:
[<em>]Counselor Rec:
[</em>]Supplementary Material:
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): 1st gen from a 3rd world country
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Walnut Creek, CA
[<em>]High School Type: Competitive
[</em>]Ethnicity: Chinese
[<em>]Gender: Female
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: No
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: 4 years Varsity Tennis, 200+ hours community service, a lot of leadership, cultural clubs, piano, violin, well over 40 classes, summer prep programs for 4 years.
[</em>]Awards: Multiple athletic scholar awards, piano awards
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I got into college. ^_[1]</p>
/ul ↩︎
<p>ACCEPTED</p>
<p>EDR</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 750CR 570M 780W (2100)
- SAT II: 720 Latin, 740 Lit
- GPA: 4.0±
- Rank: School doesn’t rank
- Other Tests Latin 3, Italian 5
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: Great
- Hook:Top EC Boarding School and spent all of Junior year in Italy, great at languages and theater. focused on cultural anthropology
</code></pre>
<p>Personal</p>
<pre><code>* Location: In state
- High School Type: East Coast Boarding
- Ethnicity: White
- Gender: Female
</code></pre>
<p>Other</p>
<p>Theater/Film/Choir/Languages</p>
<p>ACCEPTED</p>
<p>EDR</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 750CR 570M 780W (2100)
- SAT II: 720 Latin, 740 Lit
- GPA: 4.0±
- Rank: School doesn’t rank
- Other Tests Latin 3, Italian 5
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: Great
- Hook:Top EC Boarding School and spent all of Junior year in Italy, great at languages and theater. focused on cultural anthropology
</code></pre>
<p>Personal</p>
<pre><code>* Location: In state
- High School Type: East Coast Boarding
- Ethnicity: White
- Gender: Female
</code></pre>
<p>Other</p>
<p>Theater/Film/Choir/Languages</p>
<p>Accepted, but you don’t need my stats, because I come from Europe…
I was totally shocked when I found out that I was accepted, because I am not from California.
I think that my essays got me in, because they were just brilliant.</p>
<p>well, if only UCSD read the essay as a piece of writing instead of simply scanning it for life event facts from which to assign points in their formula, then the brilliant essay might have helped.</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: Didn’t take
[</em>]SAT II: Chem: 770 Math II: 800
[<em>]ACT: 33 (32E, 34M, 33R, 34S)
[</em>]GPA: international - should be around 4.0
[<em>]Rank: top 10%
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): IB points: 40 with bonus
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: very good
[</em>]Teacher Recs: n/a
[<em>]Counselor Rec: n/a
[</em>]Supplementary Material: n/a
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): persian?
[</em>]Disadvantages: FROM CANADA! OUT OF STATE
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Vancouver, Canada
[</em>]High School Type: IB world school
[<em>]Ethnicity: Persian
[</em>]Gender: M
[li]Applied for Financial Aid: N</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: tons
[</em>]Awards: tons
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: nah[/ul]</p>
<p>okay ucsd doesn’t scan their essays -________- they read them! this is just another rumor spread by the paranoid CC kids.</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 690CR 750M 690W (2130)
- SAT II: 800 Math II, 760 BioM
- ACT:
- GPA: 3.7, 4.13, dunno
- Rank: School doesn’t rank
- Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): Bio 5
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: Average
- Teacher Recs:
- Counselor Rec:
- Supplementary Material: None
- Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None
</code></pre>
<p>Personal</p>
<pre><code>* Location: Massachusetts
- High School Type: Public
- Ethnicity: Asian
- Gender: Male
- Applied for Financial Aid: Y/N Y
</code></pre>
<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>* Extracurriculars: Varsity Tennis, Varsity Volleyball, Anime Club President (lol), Guitarist for worship band at church, National Honor Society, National Spanish Honor Society, Community Service Award (260 hours), Part-Time Job as a Tech Support worker
- Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:
</code></pre>
<p>Accepted
revelle college as a chem major! WOOOO
Stats:
SAT: 620M 600W 590CR
SAT II: 650 Math II Chem 660 US hist 700
ACT: none
GPA: 4.25?? i’m not sure
Rank: 11/800ish
Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): APChem -4, APUShistory - 3, APBio-3,
Subjective
Essays: really goooood
Teacher Recs:
Counselor Rec:
Supplementary Material: None
Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none really.
Personal
Location: California
High School Type: Public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Applied for Financial Aid: YESSSS! (i love my fin aid package!!! =)=))
Other
Extracurriculars: editor in chief of yearbook, multiple presidents of clubs, CIF swimmer, water polo, volleyball
Awards: a lot of swimming awards and others (I only did swimming till my sophomore year b/c i wanted to excel in school so i stopped with sports)
Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:
just be yourself and don’t stress because everything works out! I mean look at my SAT I scores =) hahaha</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=green][ b]Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>revelle- structural engineering</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT: 2050
[ *]SAT II: math2-780, lit 650
[ *]ACT:
[ *]GPA:3.7 uw
[ *]Rank: unranked
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):
[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays: bad
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none
[ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location: california
[ *]High School Type: eh… idk
[ *]Ethnicity: asian
[ *]Gender femail
[ *]Applied for Financial Aid: Y
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars: not great
[ *]Awards: not great
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[ /list] i think i was lucky</p>
<p>lol femail i’m high</p>
<p>ACCEPTED</p>
<p>Sixth College - BioE</p>
<p>Stats:
[ *]SAT: 1570
[ *]SAT II: Bio 470? Math II: 550 Lit: 500
[ *]ACT: 24
[ *]GPA: 3.99 UCW 3.67 UW
[ *]Rank: 14/460~
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Language/Comp: 2 | APUSH: 1</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays: Fantastic
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None</p>
<p>Personal
[ *]Location: California, San Diego
[ *]High School Type: 4 by 4 System, allowing students to achieve 50+ credits in 3 years + more. A very bad school.
[ *]Ethnicity: Chinese
[ *]Gender: Male</p>
<p>[ *]Applied for Financial Aid: Yes</p>
<p>Other</p>
<p>[ *]Extracurriculars: Two years tennis, Baking Club, Astronomy Club, Calculus Club, Physics Club, Key Club, Ecology Club, and 1 year Lacrosse.
[ *]Awards: x4 Principle Honors with 3.5+ GPA and perfect attendance!
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[ /list] I was extremely lucky, I think I got in because of ELC since I live 20 minutes away. Advice: Join clubs that exemplify your major as well as join a lot of things just for fun. Most of my clubs were opened up during my Senior year so It was a fantastic experience to be in these clubs!</p>
<p>Accepted
Muir College</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 1990
[</em>]SAT II: 580 Physics, 600 Math II (horrible)
[<em>]ACT: n/a
[</em>]GPA: 4.36 (w), 4.17 (UC)
[<em>]Rank: n/a
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AMC contestant 2 years, AP Calculus AB: 3
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: One really good one, one average one
[</em>]Teacher Recs: n/a
[<em>]Counselor Rec: n/a
[</em>]Supplementary Material: n/a
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): NOTA
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Near Santa Barbara, CA
[<em>]High School Type: Private, Catholic
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[<em>]Gender: Female
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: Y[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Mu Alpha Theta, Science Club, Computer Club, Art Club, NHS, CSF, Volleyball
[</em>]Awards: President’s Education Award, Principal’s Honor Roll, Scholar’s Academy, Scholar Athlete, 1st Place Poetry and Photography, 2nd Place Art, Architecture Drawing in local Calendar, Elks Lodge “Student of the Month”, Volleyball: Coach’s Award, Most Improved
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:Bad test scores, good ECs =)[/ul]</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=green][ b]Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>Revelle College</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT: 1890 Math: 650 CR: 590 Writing: 650
[ *]SAT II: Lit: 610 US Hist: 620 Math 2:690
[ *]ACT: N/A
[ *]GPA: 3.8 UW / 3.7 UCUW / 4.0 W
[ *]Rank: 6/110
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP US Hist: 2</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]</p>
<p>[ *]Essays: Both really good. One about my big family and death of my aunt and how they all inspire my desire to pursue a career in medicine. Second about my experience as a camp counselor.
[ *]Teacher Recs: None, it’s a UC.
[ *]Counselor Rec: None, it’s a UC.
[ *]Supplementary Material: none
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]</p>
<p>[ *]Location: Southern California
[ *]High School Type: Private Catholic
[ *]Ethnicity: White/Hispanic
[ *]Gender: Male
[ *]Applied for Financial Aid: Yes but didn’t get it</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]</p>
<p>[ *]Extracurriculars: Student council 3 years, varsity volleyball 3 years, JV volleyball 1 year, JV basketball 1 year, freshman basketball 1 year, Varsity Cross Country 1 year. bowling club, junior classical league, beta club,
[ *]Awards: Mu Alpha Theta, Latin Honors Society, NHS, CSF, Honor Roll, Principal’s Honor Roll, Most Improved - Cross Country, Most Spirited - Basketball
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Bad test scores, Bad junior grades, good ECs, good essays. My advice is to work really hard sophomore and junior year and to max out on APs and honors courses to maximize your UC GPA and rigor of courses. Also, write a really reflective personal statement, they DON’T like robots! I wish i worked harder and partied less, because I didn’t get into UCLA due to my GPA.</p>
<p>Word on the street is they do not read your personal statements, except to scan it so they can find any possible info. for their point system.</p>
<p>Accepted to Structural Engineering in Marshall</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2290 [M] 790 [W] 800 [R] 700
[</em>]SAT II: [Math IIC] 800 [English] 700 [Physics] 700[/ul]</p>
<p>Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: SoCal
[</em>]High School Type: Public Magnet
[<em>]Ethnicity: Vietnamese
[</em>]Gender: Female
[li]Applied for Financial Aid: Y[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: 4 years tennis (3 of them on Varsity); Math Club; hospital volunteer
[</em>]Awards: Most Valuable Player(2); Most Improved; school awards… etc. [/ul]</p>
<p>Okay, so I was mad whenever I got rejected or excited when accepted/wait-listed (even though the two are far from the same), so I never really got around to doing this. But I want this to be here for future generations. Good luck.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Biology (of some sort…I’m using this for multiple colleges so I can’t say the exact title)
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[<em>] SAT I (by section): Critical Reading 680, Writing 750 (Essay 8, MC 78), Math 800
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math Level 2 750, Literature 700, Physics 570, Chemistry 530
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: UC Unweighted: 3.5ish, UC Weighted 3.65, Unweighted 3.65, Weighted 3.78 (difficult school with very few honors or AP classes)
[</em>] Rank: 7 of 38 (smart class too)
[<em>] ACT: 35
[</em>] APs (including this year’s): Calculus AB: 3, I’m taking 8 tests this year thanks to independent study (I am the first at my school to do this), but I didn’t know until my applications were in, so I was able to notify a few, but not all colleges
[<em>] IBs (including this year’s: None
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Heavy-the two other AP classes (English Lit and Physics) offered besides the one I have already taken, Speech, Apologetics, Government/Economics, Band, Spanish 3…at my school, that is a really heavy load
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: for all colleges I applied to except Davis (2 others), LA (1 other), Berkeley (1 other), and Pepperdine (1 other), there was no one else who applied. They are smart…but not very ambitious.
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): I’ve gotten a few minor awards, but nothing really worth mentioning. I guess I’ll just list what I could get:
1st Place - Algebra II Math League - School
1st Chair - ACSI Honor Band - Regional
Nominee - Junior Homecoming Prince - School
Nominee - Senior Homecoming Prince - School
Nominee - Veterans for Foreign Wars Competition - School
Winner- Veterans for Foreign Wars Competition - Regional
Winner - Servant’s Heart Award - School
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app:
Honors Society - Participant - 10th-12th - 1hr</em>10 wks
Drama Productions - Actor - 9th-12th - 3hr<em>12 wks
Student Council - Sophomore Vice-President - 10th - 1hr</em>5 wks
Ministry Council - Participant - 9th-12th - 1 hr<em>8 wks
Band - 9th-10th, 12th - 5 hr</em>40 wks
Political Campaign Volunteer - 12th - 3 hr<em>5 wks
School Scoreboard Operator - 10th-11th - 6 hr * 8 wks
Honor Society Service Day - 11th-12th - 2hr</em>1 wk
Community Service Day - 9th-12th - 5hr<em>1 wk
California Forestry Improvement Volunteer - 11th-12th - 2hr</em>1wk
Yearbook Staff Member - 12th - 2 hr<em>15 wk
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
After-School Care Assistant - 11th-12th - 12 hr<em>30 wk
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): they were all pretty good. my teachers all liked them. I thought they were pretty original. I don’t know what else to say…
[<em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): N/A
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: California
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Parochial/Private. SAT Critical Reading Average 542, SAT Math Average 529, SAT Writing Average 552. Decent…
[</em>] Ethnicity: White. I mean Caucasian. Whatever. I wish I had gone undeclared.
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 200,000+
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[</em>] Strengths: SAT scores, at least one essay on each application, interviews
[<em>] Weaknesses: SAT science scores (considering my science major), GPA
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: Sophomore and Junior year GPAs. They were lower compared to my 1st, 2nd, and 7th semesters: 4.0 weighted.
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: THE ABSOLUTE WORST PART OF THIS ENTIRE PROCESS WAS WAITING FOR UC IRVINE FOR A MONTH JUST TO BE REJECTED. Hehe. On the other hand, I gave UC San Diego a call and they gave me the exact reason I was rejected because they could pull up my file and look at it. It was GPA by the way. And yes, the “chart” of point distribution is valid.</p>
<p>I knew what I was getting myself into, so I’m cool with it. If you need help with preparing for your application or college or whatever, PM me and I’ll be happy to help. I wish I had had some help. Perhaps I would have pushed my GPA a bit more.</p>